<p>@Cheermom, my escape strategy was to move back home to California for a few weeks. The only blanket I’ve needed is one for the beach. </p>
<p>@ExpatCanuck, would your son consider WWOOF <a href=“http://www.wwoof.net/[/url]”>http://www.wwoof.net/</a> ? A friend of mine did it and credits it with getting her French up to conversational level. Hers was a shorter program, but after she got to ride the train around Europe and did it with one of the people she met on the French countryside. </p>
<p>@Charlucas, Union seems like a pretty decent, albeit selective, school for a B student. According to its common data set, 57% of students had below a 3.5 (only 34% submitted class rank, making the statistic basically useless) and the overwhelming majority of students scored below a 700 on every section of the SAT. It seems to be a school for the high stats B student rather than one whose SAT scores and GPA are right around the national average.</p>
<p>I didn’t realize Fordham’s Jewish population was so small. I just remember looking at it with my mom when we went to NYC and seeing a temple next to it. I guess I assumed the Jewish population there was going to be quite large. The issue with Binghamton’s selectivity was noted in the list. For OOS B students, it is a possibly viable option. Not so for in state ones. </p>
<p>Here’s the updated list. I added Stony Brook, took off the A student schools (UFlorida, Smith, and Wisconsin-Madison) and Fordham. Someone more familiar with the SUNYs than I am should include whichever ones have confirmed strong Jewish life</p>
<p>Alabama
University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa</p>
<p>Alaska</p>
<p>Arizona
Arizona State University
University of Arizona
Northern Arizona University (possibly)</p>
<p>Arkansas</p>
<p>California
Cal Poly SLO (less competitive majors only)
Chapman University
CSU Chico
CSU Long Beach
CSU Northridge (commuter)
Loyola Marymount University
San Diego State University
San Francisco State University (commuter)
San Jose State University
Santa Barbara City College (quasi-residential community college affiliated with UCSB)
UC Riverside
UC Santa Cruz</p>
<p>Canada
Dalhousie U (NS)
Queen’s U (ON)
U Victoria (BC)
York U (ON)</p>
<p>Colorado
Colorado State University
CU Boulder
University of Denver</p>
<p>Connecticut
Trinity College
U Connecticut
U Hartford</p>
<p>Delaware
U Delaware</p>
<p>Florida
Eckerd College
Florida State U
U Central Florida
U Miami (more an A student school)
U South Florida
U Tampa</p>
<p>Georgia
Oxford College of Emory University
University of Georgia (more an A student school)</p>
<p>Hawaii
Idaho</p>
<p>Illinois
Bradley University
Depaul University
UI Chicago
UI Urbana Champaign</p>
<p>Indiana
Indiana U
Purdue U</p>
<p>Iowa
U Iowa</p>
<p>Kansas
U Kansas</p>
<p>Kentucky</p>
<p>Louisiana
Louisiana State U
Tulane</p>
<p>Maine</p>
<p>Maryland
Goucher College
Towson U
U Maryland (more an A student school)</p>
<p>Massachusetts
Boston U
Clark U
U Mass - Amherst</p>
<p>Michigan
Michigan State U</p>
<p>Minnesota
U Minnesota - Twin Cities</p>
<p>Mississippi
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire</p>
<p>New Jersey
Drew U
Rutgers U
The College of New Jersey</p>
<p>New Mexico</p>
<p>New York
Colgate U (more an A student school)
CUNYs
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Hofstra University
Ithaca College
Rochester Institute of Techology
SUNY - Albany
SUNY - Binghamton University (Out of State only)
SUNY at Buffalo
SUNY - Environmenal Science & Forestry (Shares campus with Syracuse)
Stony Brook University (reputed to be a commuter school)
Syracuse University
Union College</p>
<p>North Carolina
Elon U</p>
<p>North Dakota</p>
<p>Ohio
Case Western Reserve U
Kent State U
Miami U
The Ohio State U
Ohio U
U Cincinnati </p>
<p>Oklahoma
U Oklahoma - Norman (mainly for Reform)</p>
<p>Oregon
U Oregon</p>
<p>Pennsylvania
Allegheny College
Dickinson College
Drexel U
Franklin and Marshall College
Gettysburg College
Muhlenberg College
Pennsylvania State U - University Park
Susequehanna U
Temple U
University of Pittsburgh
Ursinus College</p>
<p>Rhode Island
Roger Williams U
U Rhode Island</p>
<p>South Carolina
College of Charleston</p>
<p>South Dakota
Tennessee</p>
<p>Texas
University of Houston (?)</p>
<p>Utah</p>
<p>Vermont
University of Vermont</p>
<p>Virginia & DC
American U
George Mason U (commuter school?)
George Washington U
James Madison University
Virginia Commonwealth U
Virginia Tech</p>
<p>Washington
U Puget Sound
Washington State U
Western Washington U</p>
<p>West Virginia
West Virginia U</p>
<p>Wisconsin
U Wisconsin - Milwaukee (?)</p>
<p>Wyoming</p>